UCLA voted out of Associated Press and USA Today polls

UCLA linebacker Myles Jack brings down Oregon tight end Pharaoh Brown after a reception on Oct. 11. Brown would be penalized for shoving Jack after the play ended. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Late in the evening on Oct. 4, UCLA was oh-so-close to making a monumental leap in the Associated Press media and USA Today coaches polls.

The Bruins needed only to hold on for victory against Utah and they could ascend, as four of the top six teams lost. UCLA, then ranked eighth, could have been fifth nationally, at the very least, and maybe could have climbed as high as third.